later they will really ever do it, given that they never have -- not in the reagan era, not in the clinton era? >> yep. very good point, my friend. i think you hit the nail on the held, because what i'm hearing is that they may say we'll set targets, we'll have a specific target for tax reform, for entitlement reform, and by god, if we don't hit that target by summer, we'll have a sequester. i mean, how many times are we going to hear this before the credit rating agencies say enough is enough? dennis: now, you're thinking maybe there's a chance, greg, that they do something up front now regarding social security cola adjustments, cost of living, so you change the formula to pay out less as well as medicare sometimes adjusted for the wealthy to give them less or make them pay more? >> yeah. i can't see the republicans agreeing to higher tax rates. let's say we go up to 38%. i don't think we're going to 39.6. but for the republicans to agree to 38, they've got to get something in return. so, yeah, i keep a couple -- i think a couple specific entitlement reforms. the promise is much more nex